can't boot into kubuntu 9.10 after installation

[Nepal - google]

On Sunday 07 Mar 2010 05:36:12 Goh Lip wrote:
> Now, since you've mentioned in your first message that  you've
> deleted  symlink and I am not sure you mean the symlink of vmlinuz
> at Kubuntu, make sure you checked at / if the symlink named
> vmlinuz is there, if not, manually make it back, ensuring it's the
> latest kernel (from /boot) and don't forget to rename it
> 'vmlinuz'.
> 
> Regards, take care - Goh Lip

I've noticed those before and wondered why they are there. I used to 
use Mandriva and IIRC they didn't put symlinks in the root directory. 
Do you know why they are there, and why the links in /boot are not 
used?

nepal.